Description
This comprehensive work collects more than 30 essays from leading biblical scholars and systematic theologians to explore the person and work of Jesus Christ in a generously interdisciplinary manner.
From research foundations and method to the doctrine of the incarnation, from the Trinity to the resurrection, and from Christ’s temptations to his high-priestly prayer, these essays seek to engage constructively with Scripture, the history of Christian teaching, and modern proposals and debates. Together this international group of scholars engages such topics as: Christ’s preexistence, his constitution as the God-human, his temptations and will, the hypostatic union, the prayer of John 17, the struggle in Gethsemane, kenosis, the two states and threefold office, Spirit Christology, impassibility and the cross, resurrection, and the diversity of the New Testament witnesses to him. This is an indispensable volume for the study of Jesus Christ in the subject’s biblical, historical, and doctrinal contours.
Table of Contents
Chris Tilling (St. Mellitus College, UK) and Darren Sumner (Fuller Theological Seminary Northwest, USA)
PART I – CONTEXT AND METHOD IN CHRISTOLOGY1. Jewish and Hellenistic Factors in Early ChristologyCrispin Fletcher-Louis, University of Gloucestershire, UK2. Does Christology Have a ‘Background?’ Old and New InterpretationsSamuel V. Adams, Kilns College, USA3. Did Jesus Think He Was God?Michael Licona, Houston Christian University, USA4. The Jesus of Faith and the Christ of HistoryMichael Barber, John Paul the Great Catholic University, USA5. Multiple Christologies and Difference in the New TestamentErin G. Heim, University of Oxford, UK6. The Use of Dogmatic Categories in New Testament Christological ResearchAlex Irving, St Mellitus College, UK7. The Use of New Testament Scholarship in Twentieth-Century TheologyDavid W. Congdon, University Press of Kansas, USAPART II – JESUS AND THE TRINITY8. Paul, Divine Christology, and the TrinityChris Tilling, St Mellitus College, UK
9. Key Debates in Recent Studies on New Testament ChristologyJoshua W. Jipp, Trinity Evangelical University, USA
10. The Christology of the Johannine PrologueCornelis Bennema, London School of Theology, USA11. A ‘Double Birth’: Eternal Generation and IncarnationJosh Malone, Reformed Theological Seminary, USA12. John 17: Unity in Distinction in the Triune GodKatherine Sonderegger, Virginia Theological Seminary, USA13. Spirit Christologies and the Power of JesusMyk Habets, Laidlaw College, New Zealand
14. The Risen Christ and New Testament PneumatologyMehrdad Fatehi, Pars Theological Centre, UK
PART III – THE MISSION OF THE SON15. Exalted Unto Humility: Kenosis and the Status DuplexDarren Sumner, Fuller Theological Seminary, USA16. Descent and Ascent in Luke-ActsGregory R. Lanier, Reformed Theological Seminary, USA17. ‘He Emptied Himself’: The Philippians PoemMichael J. Gorman, St Marys Seminary & University, USA18. Paul and the Assumed Flesh of ChristJoseph Longarino, University of Cologne, Germany19. Leontius of Byzantium and the “Enhypostatic Humanity” of JesusBrian E. Daley, University of Notre Dame, USA
20. Jesus as High Priest and King in the New TestamentNicholas Perrin, Trinity International University, USA
21. Priest, King, Prophet: The Dogmatic Function of the Munus TriplexPaul T. Nimmo, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
PART IV – THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CHRIST22. Dyothelite Christology and the Psychology of JesusSimon Francis Gaine, Blackfriars Hall, UK
23. ‘Not My Will But Yours Be Done’: The Gethsemane PrayerRafael Rodríguez, Johnston University, USA24. Reduplication and the Language of PredicationRichard Cross, University of Notre Dame, USA
25. ‘With Loud Cries and Tears:’ Christological Language in HebrewsTimothy J. Bertolet, Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, USA
26. ‘Tempted as We Are:’ Jesus, the Father’s Faithful SonThomas G. Weinandy, Independent Scholar and Priest, USAPART V – THE WORK OF CHRIST27. Person and Work: The Dogmatic Relation of Christology and SoteriologyPaul Daffyd Jones, University of Virginia, USA
28. ‘God’s Own Blood’: Jesus’ Work as Divine AgencyBenjamin R. Wilson, Moody Bible Institute, USA29. Setting Captives Free: Jesus’ Self-Understanding in Reading IsaiahCatrin H. Williams, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK
30. Ontology and the Suffering of Jesus in the GospelsSarah Harris, Carey Baptist College, New Zealand
31. Divine Impassibility and the Suffering of JesusDaniel Castelo, Duke Divinity School, USA
32. The Resurrection of Christ and the Development of Early ChristologyJames D. G. Dunn, formerly of University of Durham, UK
33. Who Raised Jesus from the Dead? Christology and Power Over DeathFrances Young, The Queen’s Foundation, UKScripture IndexIndex of Subjects
